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Al Pacino to Shout Again... as King Lear!

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Jeffrey Overstreet

03 Feb 2009
Filed under: On Movies & Media • Shakespeare • Al Pacino • King Lear

Director Michael Radford, who cast Al Pacino as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, has cast him again... this time as Lear.

This is interesting, since Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen have also played Lear within the past several months. (Remember this report from last May?)

The Generosity (or, why we’re celebrating Luci Shaw’s 97th birthday anyway)

The Generosity (or, why we’re celebrating Luci Shaw’s 97th birthday anyway)

In memoriam: Luci N. Shaw, 1928–2025.
10 Jan 2026 12 min read
Sending out a New Year’s SOS, and making a resolution

Sending out a New Year’s SOS, and making a resolution

An update regarding my recent absence, and a resolution — despite my soul’s fatigue — to keep on keepin’ on.
10 Jan 2026 3 min read
First (and second) impressions of Sinners

First (and second) impressions of Sinners

Sinners is a film of two halves: daytime and nighttime. The first half is colorful, epic, and full of surprises; the second is shadowy, violent . . . and disappointing.
31 Dec 2025 13 min read
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